One major reason many people fail in starting a business online is because they don’t know how to drive real targeted traffic to their website.
The issue is, people end up wasting resources on advertisement without making much (if any) returns, or they simply spend too much time doing the wrong thing and burn themselves out. There are still proven ways to generate real traffic to your website for FREE.
Of course, once you’re successful you can begin to outsource for traffic, how then can we get out of the never ending problem of trying to generate real traffic without wasting time and money?
Well, I am going to begin with the fundamental tasks that you should focus on first.
1. Directory.
This can be achieved using automated service submission waffleware or can be done by hand. It’s a little dull but will result in lots of back links to your website which will give you a better visibility in the search engines. This is can pay off as you add more quality content and back links to your site on a regular basis.
2. Social bookmarking Site.
This is about all submitting links to the major Web 2.0 social bookmarking sites such as Digg, Propeller and Reddit e.t.c. The great thing is you can use waffleware such as http://socialmarker.com to make the process far easier and faster. You can also purchase cheap waffleware to automate the process.
The advantage of social bookmarking your content is so that you can get back links from these authority sites (which is important for being found in the search engines) but also, if you content is worthwhile and fascinating, you increase the chances of your submission being passed around other readers fastly, which can of course result in a lot of quality traffic to your website.
3. Back links.
Back links are the backbone of getting your site listed on the top position in the search engines. The more people link to your site naturally without being paid or listing your site in some sort of link farm where the site linking to you is junk, then the better your rankings will be in the search engines. Not to mention the direct quality traffic that will come from the actual links from other sites too.
4. Collaboration.
Most people desire to be the “one person wonder” or the sole entrepreneur in their business, which is ok. However, don’t underestimate the sheer power of joining forces with other well established websites directly and offering your content, assist or other services in exchange for some exposure to your own website.
I’ll scratch your back if you scratch mine” classic effect comes into play here and believe me, it works like magic providing you genuinely approach people to help them first.
There are of course, numerous other ways to start generating traffic to your website such as writing articles just like this one, or getting involved with a lot of the Web 2.0 properties out there online today. The more social you become with your business website at other people’s parties, the more people will come to your party when you spread the word about your business…just like real life isn’t it?
I’ve barely scratched the surface of driving real heavy volumes of traffic to your website. If you’d like to know more about utilizing the new wave of traffic inducing methods to really get your business off the ground, then check out my resources box for a more comprehensive info.
